Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor.'
Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
Judges 2:11And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim.
Judges 2:14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, and Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee?
Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 25:2-6
The Sin of Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away… Read the whole commentary →